Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has acquired Central Indiana Cancer Centers, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
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PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash., has reached an agreement to acquire North Cascade Cardiology, also in Bellingham, according to a Bellingham Herald report. The acquisition is effective July 1. Financial details were not disclosed, according to the…
San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California, Modesto, Calif.-based AllCare Independent Physician Association and Doctors Medical Center of Modesto have announced a three-year accountable care initiative for 8,000 HMO members, according to a joint news release. The initiative will launch Jan.…
Illinois’ Cook County Health and Hospitals System, five private hospitals and dozens of clinics and physician practices will launch the Medical Home Network this summer, which will cover more than 162,000 residents on Chicago’s Southwest Side, according to a Chicago…
Tucson Medical Center launched an accountable care organization, Southern Arizona ACO, in 2010. Last week, the hospital and health technology services company Optum announced the creation of a new project focused on coordinated care: the Sustainable Health Community. TMC has…
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has provided its formal comments to the CMS on its proposed accountable care organization rule, recommending the agency allow ACOs to utilize existing, suitable market measurement infrastructure and focus on regional alliances, according to an…
A recent report by Accenture found that only 33 percent of physicians will remain truly independent by 2013, down from 2009, when 43 percent of physicians were truly independent.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has stated it will not be part of CMS accountable care organizations since the model conflicts with the way it runs its Medicare operations, according to a Star Tribune report. Douglas Wood, Mayo’s chairman…
A longstanding ban prohibiting rural Texas hospitals from employing physicians has been repealed in an effort to attract physicians to medically underserved communities in the state, according to an American Medical News report. Under the revised law, hospitals can hire…
After the public comment period for accountable care organizations ended June 6, MedeAnalytics compiled and analyzed recommendations from various healthcare organizations on the major factors of the ACO economic model. The analysis of public comments was based on organizations’ responses…